Title:

Vegetation data following the Fire and Fire Surrogate Study in western Montana

Author(s):

Crotteau, Justin S.; Keyes, Christopher R.; Hood, Sharon M.; Larson, Andrew J.

Publication Year:

2019

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Crotteau, Justin S.; Keyes, Christopher R.; Hood, Sharon M.; Larson, Andrew J. 2019. Vegetation data following the Fire and Fire Surrogate Study in western Montana. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2019-0040

Abstract:

This data publication includes data used in "Vegetation dynamics following compound disturbance in a dry pine forest: fuel treatment then bark beetle outbreak" by Crotteau et al. (2020). These data represent overstory and understory vegetation present in the northern Rocky Mountains installment of the Fire & Fire Surrogate Study at Lubrecht Experimental Forest in Montana. Data were collected from 2002 to 2016 with a range of plot sizes, with sampling plot scale varying by attribute of interest from 0.0001 to 0.1 hectares. Data include overstory attributes such as tree density, stand basal area, stand volume, stand quadratic mean diameter, stand density index, stand canopy cover, and ponderosa pine composition. Data also include understory attributes such as seedling and sapling density, seedling and sapling ponderosa pine composition, species richness, species evenness, Shannon's diversity index, total cover, exotic cover, native cover, graminoid cover, forb/herb cover, and shrub cover.

Keywords:

biota; environment; Fire; Fire ecology; Prescribed fire; Natural Resource Management & Use; Restoration; Forest management; Forest & Plant Health; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Pinus ponderosa; fire exclusion; understory diversity; frequent fire ecosystem; early seral restoration; Dendroctonus ponderosae; Fire & Fire Surrogate Study; Joint Fire Science Program; JFSP; Montana; Lubrecht Experimental Forest

Related publications:

• Crotteau, Justin S.; Keyes, Christopher R.; Hood, Sharon M.; Larson, Andrew J. 2020. Vegetation dynamics following compound disturbance in a dry pine forest: fuel treatment then bark beetle outbreak. Ecological Applications. 30(2): e02023. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2023 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/59997
• Metlen, Kerry L.; Fiedler, Carl E. 2006. Restoration treatment effects on the understory of ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forests in western Montana, USA. Forest Ecology and Management. 222: 355-369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.037
• Hood, Sharon M.; Baker, Stephen; Sala, Anna. 2016. Fortifying the forest: thinning and burning increase resistance to a bark beetle outbreak and promote forest resilience. Ecological Applications. 26: 1984-2000. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1363 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/52818

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